Monday, July 9, 2007

still running around crazy

the baby/shower birthday party is fast approaching (saturday!), which means an action packed weekend. bryan's dad will be in town thursday - tuesday. we are thinking of going to chicago sunday. it will be really neat to take hannah there to see the museums, navy pier, etc. i also realized we would then have the chance to eat dinner at a rick bayliss restaurant. now, i am sitting at work looking at his menus and giggling like an idiot. i love eating good food. i even love reading about good food and tasting it that way. being there is way more fun though. ;)

however, before sunday even arrives, i have mucho work to do in order to get ready for the party. we have most of the supplies, though i still need to get a few and verify mom has all the food so i can start prepping for that. it's going to be a tiring week but i'm pretty excited. it should be a good party, and i can't wait to see our out of town guests!

the month of bryan is in full swing, though he hasn't had a chance to relax as much as usual. yesterday we took an easy day and mostly stayed at the house. hannah and i hit the pool, which was so awesome in yesterday's godawful heat. i told bryan to play video games but he ended up doing work. i guess that's our lives for awhile...

tour de france started saturday. i missed the prologue (hannah and i were out shopping all day), but caught stage 1. luckily we had our cable installed last thursday, so we can dvr everything and thereby miss nothing. it should be a very very exciting tour.

hannah and i had a blast shopping saturday. i had allotted less time than we actually ended up spending being out, but that was only because i underestimated the amount of time we would spend at the limited too. i should have known! even though hannah had all of $3 left on her gift card, picking a dress for the party was quite an ordeal. she found a super cute one, though, so everyone's happy. i managed to find a perfect dress at mimi (along with a few other things), and shannon found a super cute top at the limited as well. we also found hannah some great accessories (white rimmed sunglasses, a strawberry necklace) and the CUTEST sparkly sneakers ever. she is such a fashion maven. too cute!

we're taking mom and dad out to lake park bistro on tuesday in thanks for all the help they've given us. they would never take themselves, and i've been dying to go - the chef was nominated for a james beard award. it should be a fun evening of decadence. hannah has no desire to go, which is funny, because she's usually so excited about eating at fancy places (and could never understand why we wouldn't take her to bacchnalia). i think the idea of spending the evening home alone with shannon is waaaaaaaaay more exciting.

ally's been doing well. she looks like she's feeling alright, and her leg doesn't seem to bother her much. she's even been jumping around on it. i've caught her licking it a few times, but i get the feeling it's more because the stitches are itchy. she gets them out on friday and i'm looking forward to that. i should also hear soon about the lab results on the tumor, which i'm pretty antsy for.

we have so much prep to do and not much time to do it. it's going to be another tiring week. looks like i may be able to relax in august, though...

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